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“I absolutely love this book. Her emphasis on archeology over the written evidence just holds so much value. It’s an explanation of Scythian society as we understand it—and much of what she was saying in 1989 is still how we understand the Scythians. It’s just a fantastic book. It’s a lovely introduction to all the different evidence and what Scythian society might have been like…Scythians were not a united group. They may not even have associated with each other. ‘Scythians’ is the title that’s given to them by both Greek and Roman writers, and Assyrian and Persian writers give us similar names. But it’s an archeological culture as much as anything else. When we identify three particular types of artifacts in a single site, it’s called ‘the golden triad’ of Scythian culture. “ Read more...
